A New Start....

The first post of Year 2007...

I made a new frame for my spectacles a couple of days ago after a freak accident in camp...and believe me...I was probably the closest one can find to a blind bat/mole/cat. Anyway...after collecting it from the shop in Toa Payoh...I had lunch and chanced upon a couple lugging onto a plastic bag branded " Kiddy Palace". Perhaps I was hit by a sudden bout of nostalgia...there was an urge to take the escalator up and visit my former colleagues. Though I only worked on a temporary basis for three months...the staff there took me under their wings and taught me all they knew. I was pretty grateful and glad that I made some good friends then...yet ever since I left for Ns...I never did make much contact with them.

That was 2 years ago. How time flies.

I strolled pass the glass display windows...hoping to catch a glimpse of a familiar face. Though the displays and settings stayed pretty much similar...the same cannot be said of the staff. Maybe it was a matter of timing that I failed to see anyone I knew...but with a general look around...it was likened to being with a friend whom I've known for ages yet one who has no recollection of the past.....all right...perhaps it was a rather far-fetched analogy.

Browsing through the racks of toys...remembering the times I had to arrange the array of remote controlled cars, Gundam models etc...chatting( and gossiping) as well as slacking when the lady boss is not around...it was quite difficult to comprehend the fact that 2 years has passed so ever quickly.

In time to come...a new chapter of my life will be written---when I will come of age and celebrate my 21 years of life...the mark of adulthood. Similarly...many friends of the same age are already in the midst of planning their big day...but being a more cost-conscious person (read miserly)...perhaps a simple dinner with my loved ones will suffice.